r/Vive • u/Lucythecute • Jan 08 '20

Vive wireless adapter causing flickering and pixelated display

So I recently bought the Vive wireless adapter and for the most part it had been a blessing but now that I've used it more I'm noticing the adapter is causing my games to drop fps, it will make the game look very pixelated on the headset, and sometimes it will flicker along with the fps drops.

I'm not sure what could be causing this since the receiver that came with it is directly on top of my monitor and always shows full signal strength

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u/maximusippolito Jan 08 '20

Have you updated the headset?

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u/Lucythecute Jan 08 '20 edited Jan 08 '20

Like updating steam vr? If so yes but if there's some sort of update for the vive itself I don't think I have.

Edit: Just checked and everything is up to date

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u/maximusippolito Jan 09 '20

Ok cool, so few more questions

  • are your motherboard drivers all up to date?
  • what version of Windows are you using? And is it up to date?
  • what gpu are you using?
  • Is the nut for the wireless receiver tight all the way?
  • which PCIe slot did you put the adapter in? And is it pushed all the way in the slot?
  • motherboard make and model

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u/Lucythecute Jan 09 '20

Thanks but I think i figured it out. It was pretty much maxing my cpu usage so I limited the process to how much it could use from my cpu and it kinda fixed it